In June 2021, the Cultural Heritage Framework Programme (CHFP) was announced as one of the first Actions to be officially endorsed as part of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, 2021-2030 (Action #69). CHFP is led by the Ocean Decade Heritage Network.
To date, it is the only endorsed Decade Action that addressing cultural heritage.
CHFP Ambition
By the end of the UN Ocean Decade, the historical dimension of people’s relationships with the sea will be integrated within ocean science and policy. The ‘ocean we want’ will be inspired and informed by the long and diverse histories and living heritage of people and the sea.
Cultural heritage can and will contribute effectively to sustainable development over the course of the UN Ocean Decade. The impacts of Decade Actions relating to cultural heritage will be greater together than they would be individually. CHFP aims to assist and support cultural heritage stakeholders enact this transformation through their proposed Decade Actions (programmes, projects, and activities).
CHFP Endorsed Actions
As part of the ongoing official Call for Decade Actions, CHFP invites submissions to be endorsed as part of their programme. Find the full list of affiliated Actions and learn how to become endorsed by CHFP on the CHFP website under Endorsed Actions.
Together, Decade Actions relating to cultural heritage will have greater overall coherence over the duration of the Decade than if this framework were absent.
Duplication will be avoided among networks, programmes, projects and activities relating to cultural heritage under the umbrella of the Ocean Decade and beyond.
Expertise will be promptly available for responding to enquiries from stakeholders regarding the Ocean Decade, Decade Actions, Calls, institutions and contributions.
Are there Decade Actions (programmes, projects, and activities) you might be interested in developing that can contribute to the Ocean Decade?
Can CHFP help?